RHAM senior to pursue dream of being a writer

RHAM senior Brenna Kaplan works on the school newspaper, dabbles in poetry, acts, and plays soccer. She plans to attend Savannah College of Arts and Design in Georgia this fall.

ROBERT STORACE

Brenna Kaplan has been keeping busy.
A senior at RMAM High School, Kaplan, of Marlborough, has her hands in a lot of things. She is a writer and layout editor for the high school newspaper, the 20-page RHAM Sachem Scribe, and also dabbles in poetry, acting and plays soccer. She even works as a receptionist.
For Kaplan, who plans on attending Savannah College of Arts and Design in Georgia, her first love is writing. She has been writing, poetry specifically, since she was a little girl.
With the busy schedule of a high school senior, her classes sometimes have had to come first.
Being creative
Currently, she is working on a 15-page paper for her University of Connecticut college English class, where she gets credit toward college. Kaplan, though, still finds time to do what she loves the most.
“I like all things creative, better than math and science,’’ said Kaplan. “I would love to write in college and work with a college newspaper. The college standard is much higher than in high school.’’
That doesn’t mean Kaplan, 17, did not enjoy her time writing for the high school paper and working with her fellow reporters - she said she thrived on it.
Her two favorite stories she wrote were an investigative piece on cheating on tests and the origins of Friday the 13th.
“I usually do human interest stories,’’ said Kaplan, who added that her dream job would be laying out the pages for Rolling Stone Magazine.
Favorite hobbies
As it relates to poetry, Kaplan said she loves Carl Sandburg. “When I was younger, my mom bought me a collection of poetry books. He was my favorite. His writing style is unique. He stood out.’’
Another passion is acting. She auditioned this week for the AHM (Andover, Hebron, Marlborough) Youth Services production of ‘Guys and Dolls.’ In past years, she played Hodel on ‘Fiddler On The Roof’, she was one of the three daughters in the show. In addition, she once played the emperor of China in ‘Mulan.’
“Wearing a beard and the highlight of my summer,’’ she said.
Her message to fellow journalism students is: “Keep writing and don’t be shy. it can be very intimidating to go on interviews and meet new people, but it can be a lot of fun.’’

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